Trump demanded loyalty pledge from Comey, say sources

"Make no mistake: The president has every right in his job to pick the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to trust the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation".

The briefing began with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster discussing the president's upcoming trip to the Middle East and Europe, despite threats from President Trump earlier in the day threatening to cancel press briefings in the face of fallout from Comey's dismissal. But what the Post reported - confirmed by The New York Times, Reuters, CNN, and BuzzFeed, one of whose sources said Trump's disclosure is "far worse than what has already been reported" - is that Trump "jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State" by sharing details Russian Federation could use "to help identify the us ally or intelligence capability involved". The president didn't even know the Justice Department was considering Comey's ouster, Spicer said, until Rosenstein sent a memo recommending it (with the approval of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had supposedly recused himself from the whole affair).

A New York Times report - one that may have inspired Friday's tweet - said Comey declined to make such a pledge. But on Friday, before a tour of the Thomas Built Buses manufacturing plant, Burr said that, as things stand, Trump apparently was not involved with Russia's attempt to influence the results of the election. Mr Trump said Mr Comey reassured him that he was not. The request comes in response to Trump's tweet Friday morning in which he stated that Comey "better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Trump wrote on Twitter.

Two top Democrats are demanding that the White House turn over any recordings of conversations between President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey.

Presidential calls with foreign leaders are sometimes recorded and logged by White House staff and the White House phone system has the capacity to record calls at the President's request. "The tweet speaks for itself", Spicer said.

Regardless of the recommendation, I was going to fire Comey. Asking such a question "would come close to bribery... or at least obstruction of justice, which Comey would've had to be an idiot to fall for by offering the assurance sought", Tribe said.

He also said that his March 5 statement to Meet the Press that he had not seen any evidence of collusion had been made before former FBI Director James Comey had testified to Congress about the investigation.

Meanwhile, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin of IL, said Friday that Trump was "dangerous" and that "his credibility has been destroyed".

It was during a one-on-one dinner between Trump and Comey that Trump says he asked Comey if he could confirm he wasn't under investigation, which Comey did. Comey found the allegations confounding, according to his associate, and wondered what to make of what he described as odd thoughts coming from his new boss.

While that series probably needed to go seven games, this one between budding rivals in the Celtics and Wizards absolutely did. After receiving the inbound pass from Al Horford, Isaiah Thomas missed on off-balance 3-point attempt.

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The last Leonard basket was a 3-pointer, and when Danny Green followed with two 3s, the San Antonio lead was 94-82 with 3:15 left. Kyrie Irving and Love each had 16 points, sitting out the entire fourth quarter as Lue stayed primarily with his bench crew.

He said he will ask Modi tomorrow to use Indias "good offices" in bringing in peace between Israel and Palestine. The two countries spar sometimes over Israeli policy in east Jerusalem , captured and annexed by Israel in 1967.

Not the findings, not the investigation. "It's just not the Aaron that I know", Jenkins-Hernandez said in the interview. Jenkins-Hernandez also expressed doubts about whether Hernandez actually wrote the suicide letter addressed to her.

With several players from Seattle standing up for him, Colin Kaepernick might have found the ideal opportunity with the Seahawks. Each also has a big arm and, as options dwindle, would likely accept a modest salary with bonuses based on play.

The fifty-run partnership for the second wicket was achieved in 41 balls, thanks to a productive 12th over that fetched 19 runs. The two main contributors to the total were opener Chris Gayle, who made 48, and skipper Virat Kohli, who made 58.

I just went for it, like 'OK, we just need a little bit more, ' and lost the rear in the start of the lap. Each of the last three grand prix winners started on the pole, and each drove for Roger Penske.

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